-ville Definition

vil
suffix
Quality; condition.
Dullsville.
American Heritage

Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town or city.

Wiktionary
affix
Town, city.
Evansville.
Webster's New World
Place or condition characterized by, fit for, or filled with.
Dullsville.
Webster's New World

Origin of -ville

  • From place names ending in -ville (such as Jacksonville) from French town from Old French vile from Latin vīlla country house, farm weik-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French ville (“town, city")

    From Wiktionary

-ville Sentence Examples

  • Two richly and elaborately carved chimney-pieces in the hotel de ville merit special notice.

  • An Ursuline convent, built in 1764, serves as hotel de ville and law court, and a church of the 14th century is used as a market.

  • The hotel de ville contains a library and a museum which possesses a collection of paintings of the Flemish school and some interesting souvenirs of Napoleon I.

  • He retired to Marnes near Ville d'Avray to escape the Terror, but was sought out and summarily condemned to death "for having flattered the despots of Vienna and London."

  • Hs body was first buried at Montereau and afterwards removed to the Chartreuse of Dijon and placed in a magnificent tomb sculptured by Juan de la Huerta; the tomb was afterwards transferred to the museum in the hotel de ville.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIL

Words Ending With

ELELLE

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Words Starting With - and Ending With E

Starts With V & Ends With EStarts With VI & Ends With EStarts With V & Ends With LE

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With V5 Letter Words Ending With E